Oil-can operator



Oct- 6, 192s; f

J. H. COCKRELL oIL GAN OPERATOR Filed May 26. 1925 l u mununnwf gwvsulof, Jaim IZ b5/Well,

Patented Oct. 6, 1925. Y

NETED STATES JOI-IN H. COCKRELL, OF SHEVLIN, MINNESOTA.

OIL-CAN OPERATOR.

Application led May 26, 1925.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN H. COCKRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shevlin, in the county of Clearwater and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Oil-Can Operator, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lubricating devices and more particularly to devices for oiling line shafts or other objects which are disposed some distance above or over head.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be actuated by a person standing on the floor to oil bearings for line shafts and the like at points located some distance above his head, and which avoids the necessity of using a step ladder to accomplish such oiling.

Another object is to so construct a device of this character that it may be actuated to cause the oil to flow when desired and the can swung upward to prevent flowing of the oil while changing from one bearing to another.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of an oiler constructed in accordance with this invention; and

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

In the embodiment illustrated a pole or handle l is shown which may be of any desired length according to the purpose for which the oiler is intended and which has mounted on its upper end a pair of substantially L-shaped brackets 2 and 3, the long arms of which straddle the rod l and have their upper portions offset inwardly to bring their short arms 5 toward each other between the front ends of which is pivotally mounted an oil can holder 6. This holder 6 is preferably constructed of a strip of heavy galvanized metal bent into substantially circular form with a flat loop 7 extending radially therefrom and which is clamped between the ends of the short arms 5 of the brackets 2 and 3. This folded portion 7 is pivotally Serial No. 32,981.

mounted between these bracket arms so that the holder may swing in a vertical plane. The ends 8 of the strap from which the holder is formed are bent radially outward parallel with each other and have a bolt 9 extended therethrough and equipped with a wing nut 10 for tightening or loosening it to regulate the clamping arrangement of the ends 8 with a can engaging member 2O which has an eye 2l at one end thereof through which said bolt 9 passes. Vashers 11 are preferably arranged on the bolt between the eye 2l and the ends 8 as is shown clearly in y Fig. 2.

The can actuating member 2O is preferably constructed of a heavy rod or wire which is substantially inverted J-shaped in form with av U-shaped portion 22 formed in the bowl of the J and positioned so as to engage the `bottom of the oil can C when the rod is pulled inwardly toward the can holder. The long arm 23 of the member 2O extends between the short arms of the brackets 2 and 3 which form guides therefor and the lower end of saidy arm has an eye 24 which is loosely engaged with another eye 26 formed on the upper end of an arcuate rod 25, the lower end of which has an eye 27 to form a hand grip. This rod 25 is mounted to slide in keepers 12 and 13 longitudinally spaced on the inner face of the bar or rod l and which form guides for said rod 25.

In the use of this device an oil can filled with oil is positioned in the holder 6 with the spout S depending. hen so positioned the U-shaped portion 22 of the rod 2O will be located over the bottom of the can and a downward pull on the rod 25 will operate through the arm 23 to cause the bent portion of the member to engage the bottom of the oil can C and force it inwardly thereby causing the oil to flow out through spout S. It will thus be seen that with a device of this character the can should be properly located relatively to the bearing to be oiled and then by pulling on the rod the oil will flow out in the manner above described.

After oiling the rod 25 is pushed upwardly into the dotted line position shown in Fig. l which causes the holder 6 to swing upwardly through the pull exerted by member 20, thus positioning the can C in hori- Zontal position and preventing oil from flowing out through the spout thereof. This is done when moving the device from one bearing to another, and when the next bearing is reached the oil can is again brought into depending position by pulling downwardly on the rod 25. The continued pull thereon causes the member 20 to` force the oil out of the can in the manner above set forth.

From the above description it will be obvious that a device of this character may be used for oiling bearings and other part-s at remote points located overhead out of reach ofthe ordinary oiler so that such parts may be oiled by the person standing on the floor without necessitating climbing onto chairs, step ladders and the like.

I claim l. An oiling device comprising a rod having a laterally extending pivoted canV holder, means for engaging the bottom of the can when in operative position in saidholder, and means for actuating said can engaging means for lstarting the flow of oil from the can, said means being also operable to swing the can holder whereby the spout of the can is elevated to prevent the oil flowingv out when not` in use.

2. An oiling device comprising a rod having a laterally extending pivoted can holder, means carried by said holder for engaging the bottom of the can when in operative position in the holder to cause the iow of oil from the can, and means connected with said can engaging. means and reciprocable to actuate said means to start the flow of oil when moved in one direction and to tilt the holder when moved in the other direction to prevent the flow of oil.

8. Aedevice of the class described comprising a rod having a laterally extending arm at one end, a pivoted can holder mounted on said arm, movable means operable over said holder and adapted to enga-ge a can bottom 'means to start the flow of oil from the can when the rod is moved in one direction the can holder being swung upwardly when the rod is moved in the other direction to prevent the oil from flowing out of the can.

l. liny a` device of the class described, a rod, an arm extending laterally from one end thereof, a can holder pivotally mounted on said arm, a substantially J-shaped rod having its short arm pivotally mounted on said can holder and its long arm extended downwardly, a can engaging element carried by the body of said J'-sliapedV member, anda rod connected with the long arm of said member to swing the member in opposite direction whereby oil may be caused to flow from the can or cut oif therefrom as desired.

5. A. device of the class described comprising a rod having a laterallyfextending rod at one end, a can clamping ringv pivotally mounted on said arm, a substantially .-shaped handle having its short arm pivotally mounted on said clamp and its long arm extended downwardly, thebody of said members having a projection positionedv to engage the bottom of an oil can when held by the` holder to cause the flow of the oil from the can, an arcuate rod loosely connected at its inner end with the long arm of said can actuating member and keepers mounted on said rod through which said arcuate rod is mounted to slide for operating the can engaging member and thecan holder.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto afhxed my signature.

JOHN H. COCKRELL. 

